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MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a edited collection which describes subjects having to do with open educational resources and massively open online courses (MOOCs). Recent advances in online learning have made it possible for people in all parts of the world to participate in online classes. These massive online courses are almost always free but do not lead to formal accreditation. There are a variety of subjects that blended learning institutions have to consider now that elearning technology is improving so swiftly. MOOCs support interactions between students and professors with user forums and other forms of online communities. How can institutions guarantee that the quality of these MOOCs is all right? How can participants certify that instructors are properly credentialed for teaching online? What different business strategies are being used by organizations like Estonia to conduct these massively open online courses? What teaching practices and original assessment strategies are in use today? How can organizations manage issues like low learner motivation and high learner attrition?

As online education technology becomes more abundant there is a increasing necessity to gain a better understanding of how MOOC courses are being conducted. Public servants and numerous other participants want to better grasp the outcomes of these important new open educational endeavours. Students want to grasp how these MOOCs can be improved. To satisfy this expanding desire for details MOOCs and Open Education Around the World offers a critical analysis of these massively open online courses and other open education issues. This gripping new book also studies the key controversies associated with massively open online courses and open educational resources (OERs). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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